SPD 2013 Student Design Competition Entries

Ends Sunday, March 31, 2013 at 5:00 PM (EST)

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SPD Student Member (current members = first 3 entries FREE!)
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All current SPD Student members can (& should!) enter this contest with their first three entries free. If you paid for Student Membership anytime from April 2012 on, you are a current student member -- use this option for your three free entries. If you're not sure about your membership, drop us an email to mail@spd.org and we'll help you make sure you're current!
Just print out a copy of the PayPal receipt you'll get here and send it with your entry form + entries instead of including payment with your package.

If you attend school in the NYC metro area (that includes NJ and CT), this membership option is for you! JOIN NOW and you can submit three FREE entries to the competition AND you can attend all our other Student Events for FREE as a benefit of membership... you also get a FREE copy of the upcoming SPD PUB 48 Annual (a $60 book), SPD members' exclusive Adobe discounts and offers, and 50% off the rate of your first year of professional dues, access to job/internship listings, plus tons of other awesome discounts and opportunities. Seriously: this is a smart investment!
Wondering if it's time to RENEW? If you paid for membership BEFORE April 2012 but not again since, renew! Use this option and you'll still get PUB 48, the three free entries, all the goodies above. Welcome back!
Just print out a copy of the PayPal receipt you'll get here and send it with your entry form + entries instead of including payment with your package.

If you attend school OUTSIDE of the NYC metro area (meaning not in NY, CT or NJ), this membership option is for you! JOIN NOW and you can submit three FREE entries to the competition AND you can attend all our other Student Events for FREE as a benefit of membership... you also get a FREE copy of the upcoming SPD PUB 48 Annual (a $60 book), SPD members' exclusive Adobe discounts and offers, and 50% off the rate of your first year of professional dues, access to job/internship listings, plus tons of other awesome discounts and opportunities. Seriously: this is a smart investment! Wondering if it's time to RENEW? If you paid for membership BEFORE April 2012 but not again since, renew! Use this option and you'll still get PUB 48, the three free entries, all the goodies above. Welcome back! Just print out a copy of the PayPal receipt you'll get here and send it with your entry form + entries instead of including payment with your package.

This option is for paying for entries: maybe you're still considering Student Membership, or maybe you're paying for a group of students at once. This is still the safest, fastest, most secure method of payment: you'll get an instant receipt, and you won't be sending personal payment info with your package of entries.
Just select the number of entries you need to pay for, and then print out a copy of the PayPal receipt you'll get here. Send the receipt with your entry form + entries instead of including payment with your package.

Event Details

The annual SPD Student Design Competition fields hundreds of entries from an increasingly competitive array of accredited schools, and is open to any undergraduate student. The top three winners receive a cash prize ($2,500 First Place, $1,000 Second Place and $500 Third Place) and Adobe software, as well as, along with the top runners-up, summer internships.

And we all know: Internships lead to jobs.

Now, the prizes are good, but there are other reasons you should enter:

1. You get your work in front of an awesome panel of judges, comprised of some of the top talent in the magazine design world. The truth of this industry is, the more people who see your work and love it, the better your chances of getting hired. Let your work be seen!

2. Aside from the little old internship, Adobe® software and cash prizes, there's fame and glory to be found on our blog and in our SPD Annual (Pub 48). If you're not aware of our Annuals yet, you can get a few here, and you'll find that for magazine designers and photo editors, they are essential resources. Getting into that essential resource this early in your career is a very good thing.

2. DESIGN: Create the first 4 pages of a story (two spreads) on the project you choose. Each page measures 8"w x 10"h, so a spread is 16"w x 10"h. Original photography or illustration is required for one category and encouraged in the others. You may enter more than one design in the same or different categories.

Remember SPD Student Members get their first 3 entries for free -- you can choose the options above to join or renew if you need to. (You read that right: all current Student Members get free entries, a free Annual, free admission to events, and a huge discount on your first three years of professional membership after you graduate. You may want to be sure you check that out!)

Printed Material: Full-size spreads, not reduced copies. DO NOT MOUNT THE WORK TO ANY TYPE OF BOARD. Tape a copy of your completed entry form to the BACK of each submission. Staple the spreads together in the upper left-hand corner. (Slides will NOT be accepted).

Digital PDFs: You must include your name in two places somewhere on each spread in 4pt type. Each file Must be named "First_Lastname.pdf" Entries should be full size spreads, print quality, 300 dpi, PDF files (all fonts embedded). Burn all submissions to a CD. It is ok to put multiple entries on one CD. Include a printed copy of the entry form for each entry. Mark clearly the name of the school & students' last name(s) on CD.

Entries must be received before or on Monday, March 4, 2013, 5pm. Anything later will not be eligible as the judging process begins Tuesday, so plan some cushion time for yourself. There are NO EXTENSIONS.

Ends Sunday, March 31, 2013 at 5:00 PM (EST)

Organizer

The Society of Publication Designers (SPD)

First and foremost, SPD is a membership organization dedicated to promoting and encouraging excellence in editorial design across all print and digital platforms.

Our members are art directors, designers, photo editors, photographers, illustrators and information graphics professionals, editors and students. Since drafting its charter in 1965, SPD remains the only organization specifically addressing the visual concerns of print and digital editorial professionals, whether that be journalism, storytelling, service or more. Editorial design plays a crucial role in shaping and documenting our common history; as such, the efforts of the Society serve to educate and enlighten our members, their fans, and the general public about the importance of magazines.

We love magazines and the people who make them, however they’re printed, called-up on your screen, or ported on your iPad.